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You can never allow for certain things ash, especially when things are bodged like that mate, take it as one of those $hit jobs . Everyone on here has had at least one of them !Well that didn't go as smooth as i liked.
Pan was cemented to the floor, the carpet is laid on top of an old tiled floor, The skirting board and boxing sits behind the old tiles on the floor, it was all so tight. Took out the smallest piece of boxing first that I could - to the left of the pan, levering it out with nail bar. It was so tight it pushed out the section of plaster board wall it was next to.
The boxing was all resting on bits of baton and packers. The fact it was so tight to the toilet and the old tiles is what was holding it all up. Could barely get to the wing nuts but finally managed to undo them. The old fill valve was on a flex which i managed to undo eventually.
Changing the fill valve was the easy bit, put the cistern back and secured it, turned the water on no leaks.......until i flushed it!! The pan connector had been held to the pan tightly by having a bit of baton wedged between it and the wall and this had been knocked loose when removing the boxing but took me a while to figure it out. After messing about trying to get the rubber seal sitting right, the pan con going in to the waste pipe started to feel scarily loose - the other end of the pan con had come loosed from it's rubber too. grrrrr pulling hair out now! Finally managed to get it all put back together with nothing leaking but the boxing all taken apart.
After longer than i would have liked, i explained everything to the customer, who was very understanding and said these things happen. (yeah to me too often lol)
Going back tomorrow night to put the boxing back together and repair the plaster board wall.
Oh yeah and do the kitchen taps which i didn't have time for tonight.
oh well got to laugh! taking in to account all the extra work, i have seriously undercharged but still it's better than not working and it will teach me to check for things like if the wc is cemented in and check boxing/access etc.
Well that didn't go as smooth as i liked.
Pan was cemented to the floor, the carpet is laid on top of an old tiled floor, The skirting board and boxing sits behind the old tiles on the floor, it was all so tight. Took out the smallest piece of boxing first that I could - to the left of the pan, levering it out with nail bar. It was so tight it pushed out the section of plaster board wall it was next to.
The boxing was all resting on bits of baton and packers. The fact it was so tight to the toilet and the old tiles is what was holding it all up. Could barely get to the wing nuts but finally managed to undo them. The old fill valve was on a flex which i managed to undo eventually.
Changing the fill valve was the easy bit, put the cistern back and secured it, turned the water on no leaks.......until i flushed it!! The pan connector had been held to the pan tightly by having a bit of baton wedged between it and the wall and this had been knocked loose when removing the boxing but took me a while to figure it out. After messing about trying to get the rubber seal sitting right, the pan con going in to the waste pipe started to feel scarily loose - the other end of the pan con had come loosed from it's rubber too. grrrrr pulling hair out now! Finally managed to get it all put back together with nothing leaking but the boxing all taken apart.
After longer than i would have liked, i explained everything to the customer, who was very understanding and said these things happen. (yeah to me too often lol)
Going back tomorrow night to put the boxing back together and repair the plaster board wall.
Oh yeah and do the kitchen taps which i didn't have time for tonight.
oh well got to laugh! taking in to account all the extra work, i have seriously undercharged but still it's better than not working and it will teach me to check for things like if the wc is cemented in and check boxing/access etc.
It's a armitage shanks. Here's the part Armitage Shanks 8½" Bottom Entry Fill Valve | Fill & Flush Valves | NoLinkingToThis
Sorry if I had seen this yesterday might of saved a lit of ball ache.
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